Aaru.Documentation/5.3/Reporting-physical-device-capabilities.md

==Command description== This operation will test a physical device for its read capabilities. If the media is removable, it will ask you to insert different media on it, as read capabilities vary with different media. The report will be saved in the executing directory, and sent to us. Shared reports can be seen in http://aaru.app

==Command usage== Aaru device report [options]

==Arguments== Device path

==Options== -t, --trap-disc=[true/false] does a device report using a trap disc ''(default false)''
-v, --verbose=[true/false] shows verbose output ''(default false)''
-d, --debug=[true/false] shows debug output ''(default false)''
--pause=[true/false] pauses before exiting. ''(default false)''
-?, -h, --help=[true/false] show help and usage information ''(default false)''

==Example== FreeBSD: Aaru device report /dev/cd0
Linux: Aaru device-report /dev/sdb
Windows: Aaru device-report \.\PhysicalDrive3

==Operating system support== {| ! Device type ! FreeBSD ! macOS ! Linux

! Windows
SCSI Block device
Yes
No macOS only allows talking with MultiMedia devices
Yes
Yes
-
SCSI MultiMedia device
Yes
Not yet Support for MultiMedia devices in macOS will be added if users require it
Yes
Yes
-
SCSI Streaming device
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
-
Parallel ATA
No Not supported due to upstream bug
No
Yes
Yes
-
Serial ATA
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
-
USB
Partial USB descriptors are not retrieved
Partial Only MultiMedia devices can be supported and descriptors will not be retrieved
Yes
Yes
-
FireWire
Partial FireWire descriptors are not retrieved
Partial
Yes
Partial FireWire descriptors are not retrieved
-
PCMCIA
Partial PCMCIA CIS is not retrieved
Partial
Yes
Partial PCMCIA CIS is not retrieved
-
SecureDigital / MultiMediaCard
Not yet Support will come with FreeBSD 12-RELEASE
No
Yes
Untested Should work, untested due to not available hardware
}